Shipman, V. Joseph [Continental National Bank]
Birth Year : 1937
V. Joseph Shipman, born in Georgia, was the president, chief executive officer, and director of the Continental National Bank of Kentucky beginning in 1974 and continuing through the 1980s. The bank, located at 500 S. 6th Street in Louisville, KY, was the only Black bank in Kentucky and one of 30 in the U.S. For more see Profiles of Contemporary Black Achievers of Kentucky, by J. B. Horton; and "Louisville bank raises funds to open doors," Baltimore Afro-American, 01/10/1976, p. 7.

  See photo image of V. Joseph Shipman on p. 115 of Black Enterprise, June 1977, via Google Books.
Subjects: Bankers, Banks, Finance, Financial Advisors
Geographic Region: Georgia / Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky